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Wandering Son, Vol. 3 by Takako Shimura

fr0gsonmushrooms's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
I liked this volume better than the last one so I might actually continue reading the series. If I don't I'll just watch the show.

tromatojuice's review against another edition

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hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

cluelessnu's review against another edition

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slow-paced

4.0

robinks's review against another edition

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challenging emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Why are there so many queer pedophile characters in Japanese manga? It feeds the problematic narrative.
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reeno's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

m3pm4p's review against another edition

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lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

one of the characters is an adult trans woman living with her husband and they both don’t come off very well. the husband gropes yoshino to check if hes actually a boy or if he’s just a girl. his wife the trans woman wants to sleep and shower with yoshino as well. I looked this up and I saw somewhere saying this had something to do with her missing out on being a girl as a child and wants to experience it. however, I don’t think this was the way to approach that or even include it because this is not clarified in the book. and people who read this book or the series may leave thinking trans women are predators. I think this should’ve been done better.
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flamesocks's review against another edition

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fast-paced

4.0

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therese_24's review against another edition

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3.0

*3.5

pussreboots's review against another edition

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3.0

Perhaps it's the mangaka's intent — but I can only tell the characters apart when they are dressed to fit their gender, rather than the one assigned at birth. This volume though has both main characters forced back to being their assigned at birth genders at school to avoid teasing — or because of the teasing.

http://pussreboots.com/blog/2018/comments_06/wandering_son_03.html

kell_an's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced

5.0

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